Le bois est le matériau le plus récurrent de Paul — la substance à laquelle il revient quand il veut penser avec les mains. Dans les années 2000 et 2010, il produit des dizaines d'œuvres en châtaignier, pin, contreplaqué, parfois recouvertes d'acrylique rouge ou noir, parfois laissées brutes avec les traces de la scie visibles.

Les totems en bois sont peut-être son impulsion la plus architecturale : assemblages verticaux d'éléments empilés qui se lisent comme des bâtiments réduits à une esquisse. Certains s'élèvent vers le plafond ; d'autres restent petits et denses, tiennent dans la paume d'une main.

Parmi les œuvres en bois, il y a des pièces d'assemblage polychrome — bois associé au papier mâché et à la couleur saturée — qui marquent le pont entre les totems secs et structurels et les reliefs muraux picturaux des années 2010.

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Wood and peperino totem

Wood and peperino totem

Chestnut wood, peperino (red), iron, terracotta tile, pink Portuguese marble
2005-10 · 71×40×20 cm#3
Cubist construction

Cubist construction

Peperino, chestnut wood with red and black acrylic, iron
2005-10 · 50×30×31 cm#4
Polychrome composition

Polychrome composition

Wood on wooden base with papier-mâché and colour
2000s · 81×47×60 cm#25
Trunk with rod

Trunk with rod

Wood
2000s · 21×58×20 cm#32
Pink relief with black ovals

Pink relief with black ovals

Papier-mâché and plywood
2009-13 · 106×154×13 cm#49
Relief with blue line

Relief with blue line

Papier-mâché and wood
2008-11 · 118×57×4 cm#58
Gypsum relief

Gypsum relief

Gypsum and wood
2000s · 50×60×3 cm#5
Red wood structure

Red wood structure

Wood with red acrylic, black resin, iron
2000s · 65×56×24 cm#6
Flat structures

Flat structures

Plywood panels, white/grey/black acrylic
1970#8
Untitled

Untitled

Peperino, wood and iron
2005-10 · 60×60×30 cm#12
Untitled

Untitled

Peperino, wood and iron
2005-10 · 50×40×35 cm#13
Bronze I

Bronze I

Bronze on wooden base
1999 · 52×30×30 cm#22
Bronze II

Bronze II

Bronze on wooden base
1999 · 52×30×30 cm#23
Wooden totem

Wooden totem

Wood on polystyrene and gypsum base
2000s · 85×22×27 cm#24
L-shaped structure

L-shaped structure

Wooden structure on plywood base, three elements
2000s · 87×90×37 cm#26
Vertical totem

Vertical totem

Wood
2000s · 151×15×13 cm#27
Small totem

Small totem

Wood
2000s · 59×28×14 cm#28
Structure (with a child)

Structure (with a child)

Wood — made together with a child
2000s#29
Slender structure

Slender structure

Wood
2000s · 99×33×17 cm#30
Untitled

Untitled

Wood
2000s · 53×21×13 cm#31
Rods on base

Rods on base

Wood
2000s · 32×30×25 cm#33
Siporex on green canvas

Siporex on green canvas

Siporex, green canvas, curved plywood strip
2000s · 47×50×50 cm#34
Siporex with iron wire

Siporex with iron wire

Siporex with iron wire on plywood base
2000s · 47×50×60 cm#35
White facade

White facade

Papier-mâché and plywood
2008-11 · 120×84×16 cm#51
Pentagonal relief

Pentagonal relief

Papier-mâché and wood
2008-11 · 120×90×10 cm#52
Relief with mirror

Relief with mirror

Papier-mâché, wood, mirror, tissue paper, card
2008-11 · 153×84×13 cm#53
Dark relief with opening

Dark relief with opening

Papier-mâché, wood, iron wire
2008-11 · 145×140×13 cm#56
Blue horizontal

Blue horizontal

Wood, papier-mâché, iron mesh
2008-11 · 88×164×6 cm#57
Peperino and iron

Peperino and iron

Peperino and iron on wooden base
2000s#174
Cardstock model in glass case

Cardstock model in glass case

MODELLO in Pressed cardstock DENTRO SCATOLA in VETRO and Wood
2000s#178
Cardstock model in glass case

Cardstock model in glass case

MODELLO in Pressed cardstock with blue/grey colour in SCATOLA of VETRO and Wood
2000s#179
Paper model in glass case

Paper model in glass case

MODELLO in Wood, FILO of Iron, masonite, reflective film and paper PESTA, COLORI BIANCO and ROSSO
2000s#180
Paper model in glass case

Paper model in glass case

MODELLO in Paper in SCATOLA of VETRO and Wood
2000s#181
Paper model in glass case

Paper model in glass case

MODELLO in Paper in SCATOLA of VETRO and Wood
2000s#182
White model in case

White model in case

Pressed cardboard in glass and wood case
2000s · 34×43×33 cm#183
Paper model in glass case

Paper model in glass case

MODELLO in Paper and cardboard in SCATOLA of VETRO and Wood
2000s#184
Peperino and wood

Peperino and wood

Cut wood in glass case with peperino
2000s#185
Polychrome wood

Polychrome wood

Polychrome wood
2008-14#186
Tufa, wood and brick

Tufa, wood and brick

Brick,Wood and tufa
2000s · 197X40X35. cm#188
Peperino and wood

Peperino and wood

Peperino and wood
2008-14 · 142X26X36 cm#190
Vertical sail structure

Vertical sail structure

Painted wood and cardboard
2000s#192
Sculpture with sphere

Sculpture with sphere

Wood and marble
2000s#194
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